Portal:China/Anniversaries/January/January 3

Events

• 1885 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force in northern Vietnam.
• 1997 – China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.

Births

• 169 – Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord (d. 199)